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Exclusive! Comedic Chemistry by Ken Klein

Posted: July 3, 2006

Industry expert Ken Klein brings a little humor to the bench with a few chemistry jokes.

1. What song phrase is represented below?

(NaCl-H2O) (NaCl-H2O)
      C-C-C-C-C-C-C

2. What term describes the following?

mer-mer-mer-mer-mer-mer-mer